Arc 4: Chapter 19
Lin Yuan’s blush deepened. He aggressively snatched the bowl from Lu Ye’s hand and gagged the other’s mouth with food to prevent him from speaking.
“Lu Ye! Don’t say random things anymore! Otherwise… I won’t let you kiss me or touch me! Will not!!” Lin Yuan’s voice rose loudly like an angry puppy.
Super cute, Lu Ye thought silently. He wanted to hold Lin Yuan in his arms and rub him and kiss him.
He chewed and swallowed the noodles in his mouth quickly and then started coaxing in a low and soft tone: “Okay, I got it. I won’t say it anymore,” and started to reach out his hands.
Lin Yuan sensed his intentions and immediately jumped out of the car, dodging Lu Ye's hand. His fluffy curls trembled slightly as he spoke, “No, I think that you won't keep your promise, so I need to observe for a day. You're not allowed to hug or kiss me, understand?”
Lu Ye pouted his lips slightly. He lowered his head and his long eyelashes covered his eyes, giving him an air of fragility.
“Sui Sui doesn’t believe me? You still want to observe me… am I that untrustworthy? I already know what I did was too much just now, I won’t do it in the future.” t/n 🍵
Lu Ye held his bowl of fried noodles and silently squatted on the road and ate. He looked like an abandoned child, pitiful to the max.
Lin Yuan didn’t know what to do. He walked over to Lu Ye and wanted to say something but Lu Ye immediately turned his butt to him.
“...” Lin Yuan helplessly squatted next to Lu Ye and pulled on the young man’s sleeve and whispered: “Husband, are you sad? I… it’s not that I don’t believe you… just…” He didn’t know how to continue.
Lu Ye said softly: “I’m the one who crossed the line. I know we’ve only known each other for a month, but I progressed too fast and did that kind of thing to you. Since you don’t like it, I won’t do it anymore. But can you not hate me, Sui Sui?”
Lin Yuan was shocked by this development. He quickly explained: “No! Husband, I didn’t dislike it… I liked it! Really! I like what you do!”
Only then did Lu Ye face him. His eyes seemed to suck in everything around him: “Really? Sui Sui really likes it? Then why doesn’t Sui Sui let me hug and kiss you? Aren’t we lovers? Is there anything wrong with being intimate with your lover?”
There was indeed nothing wrong but Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel something was off.
He thought a little bit, and decided to forget it. He knew his husband just really liked him and wanted to be close to him--he was just a bit naughty and annoying sometimes, that’s all. Anyways, even if his husband was like this, he still really liked him.
Lin Yuan clung to Lu Ye and his round eyes seemed to sparkle like spring water: “Okay okay, then after dinner I’ll let you hug and kiss, okay?”
He paused and thought of something, and then his whole body seemed to get cooked in an instant: “If… if you want to see… then you can see…”
As expected, Lu Ye was not polite when his wife offered himself to his mouth. He pretended to ask softly: “Will Sui Sui be angry if I look? Are you going to distrust me, observe me, and not let me hug you or kiss you?”
Lin Yuan shook his head and promised: “No! I won’t again!”
Lu Ye rubbed Lin Yuan’s hair softly and hummed happily.
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Finishing dinner, Lu Ye packed up the dishes and utensils and got into the car holding Lin Yuan’s hand.
Their tossing lasted late into the night. In the end, Lin Yuan lay curled up in Lu Ye’s arms, covered with a blanket, and the corners of his eyes were red and tears rolling down his cheeks.
Lu Ye rubbed the hickey on Lin Yuan’s neck and said both funnily and pitifully: “Already crying so fiercely, what are we going to do in the future? Sui Sui the big crybaby.” As he teased, he held the crybaby in his arms tighter, as if he was holding the most precious treasure in the world.
When Lin Yuan’s breathing evened out, Lu Ye lay him on the seat and slipped out of the car.
He quietly entered the zombie forest. This forest had swallowed up many human beings, it was time for it to pay.
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The next morning, Lin Yuan was awakened by something hard. He opened his eyes in a daze and was stunned.
Crystal nuclei…
The car was filled with crystal nuclei…
A lot lot lot of them…
Lin Yuan’s round eyes looked left and right, forward and back, and then slowly looked at Lu Ye: “Husband, did you stay up really late last night?”
Actually, Lu Ye didn’t sleep at all. It wasn’t difficult to collect all of the crystal nuclei, it was just time consuming.
But now that his power was at level 4, his body was too energetic to fall asleep. After he finished collecting, he stared at Lin Yuan for the rest of the time.
“En, I stayed up late because I wanted to give Sui Sui a gift.” Lu Ye smiled and gestured to all of the crystal nuclei around them.
Maybe it was the morning air, but the young man seemed to be much more youthful and spirited, like the blooming flowers and the start of summer.
Lin Yuan looked at the big pile crystal nucleus at a loss, he felt like the gift was a little too much, but when he saw that Lu Ye was started lose his smile and droop his head he quickly grabbed up some cores next to him and smiled: “I like it ya, I’m very happy.”
Lu Ye could see that Lin Yuan was genuinely smiling and the previous gloom disappeared quickly.
He pulled Lin Yuan into his arms and said childishly, like an elementary schooler confessing: “I’ll give Sui Sui even better gifts in the future.”
Lin Yuan felt like he already had everything he needed. The most important resources in the apocalypse were crystal nuclei and food, and he had many of each. Oh, he suddenly became a little rich man.
Was this the benefit of having a villainous husband?
Oh, so happy~~
Lin Yuan spent some time counting all of the crystal nuclei, and then divided it into two halves, one for him and one for his husband.
Lu Ye didn’t want any, it was supposed to all be a gift to his wife. But Lin Yuan was very proficient in coaxing him. He snuggled into the young man’s arms and encircled the other’s neck and said coquettishly: “Husband, this is like our marital property, we can split it half and half, okay?”
After Lin Yuan said that, how could Lu Ye refuse? He kissed him directly.
Before they left, Lin Yuan asked Lu Ye to write a sign to warn people traveling this direction in the future that the road couldn’t be passed.
Lu Ye felt that the likelihood of that situation was very small. Unfortunately, Ning City, the place they grew up, was already devastated before they left.
【Di! Host, please pay attention, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 21%.】
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They drove for another six hours before they saw their destination, Nan City, on the horizon.
A tall city wall had been built around the city for defense, signaling the establishment of a human survivor base.
Lu Ye drove to the front gate and they went through the security check to make sure they had not been bitten by zombies.
Although there were no zombie bites on Lin Yuan and Lu Ye, there were many marks of being bitten by a person…
The inspector coughed awkwardly, thinking to themself that young people could still play wildly even after the end of the world.
“No problem, next.” The inspector said with a straight face.
Lin Yuan blushed and put his clothes back on and then hit Lu Ye with his hand, blaming all of it on him.
Lu Ye buttoned his shirt meticulously and then hugged the young man, and coaxed softly: “I was wrong, next time I’ll be gentler.”
Lin Yuan didn’t believe him. His husband didn’t know the definition of gentle.
Next, they went to check the level of their power. When Lin Yuan pressed his hand on the measurement instrument, it lit up into half pale blue and half off-white. One half showed the number 3, and the other half showed the number 2 respectively.
The inspector was a little shocked: “Sir, you’re a dual power user?” Currently, Nan City only had one other dual power user in the base.
Lin Yuan nodded and smiled: “Yup, I have a water power and can turn into a wolf.”
When it was Lu Ye’s turn, the inspector was a little expectant, and the result didn’t let him down: “Level 3 plant power, very good.” He looked at the powerful young couple and sighed, there was still a lot of hope for humanity. t/n yeah the raws say level 3 here, maybe Lu Ye is deliberately suppressing his power, the author just didn't mention that part
He handed a ticket to Lu Ye and smiled warmly: “Your living space is on the Qingyuan side, you both can freely choose a residence.”
Qingyuan was a rich villa area in Nan City before, so Lu Ye randomly chose one of the villas and walked in with Lin Yuan hand in hand.
The house had some basic furniture, and the lingering smell of disinfectant meant it had been recently cleaned.
Lin Yuan’s sensitive nose was a little uncomfortable, so he took out a couple of air fresheners from the storage ring and placed them around the house.
He found the biggest room and ran over to Lu Ye: “Husband, why don’t we live in this room?”
Lu Ye rubbed his hair: “Sure, we’ll listen to Sui Sui.”
They had a night filled with good dreams. When Lu Ye woke up, he found that Lin Yuan was sprawled across his body. He was just about to kiss his baby, when there was suddenly a loud knocking on their door.
Lu Ye didn’t want it to disturb Lin Yuan’s sleep, so he used his mental power to soften the sound waves.
He first went to wash and dress and then looked through the peephole and saw two soldiers in military uniform.